FBU: UK not ready for emergencies after losing 20% of firefighters since 2010
The Fire Brigades Union has warned that the UK is not ready for two national emergencies at the…
Coronavirus
Use lockdown to improve test and trace system, Labour urges ministers
Labour’s Jonathan Ashworth is urging government ministers to use the four-week coronavirus lockdown in England, expected to start…
England lockdown sparks Tory infighting and Labour tensions over schools
Where were you when you found out about England’s second national lockdown? It could have been tweets about…
Sunday shows: “Schools must stay open,” insists Starmer
The Andrew Marr Show Labour leader Keir Starmer appeared on the show this morning. He slammed the Tories…
Dodds: Self-employed homeowners face “perfect storm” amid Covid support cuts
Anneliese Dodds has warned that self-employed homeowners in the UK face a “bleak winter” after new Labour analysis…
Our towns matter. Covid cannot dent our ambition to transform them
The way we work and live has changed, and so has the way we use our town centres.…
Labour calls for Covid press conference as virus doubling every nine days
Labour has called on the Prime Minister to hold a coronavirus press conference today to update the nation…
Tories set up special channels for “VIPs” to win lucrative PPE contracts
Special pathways outside of the normal procurement process were set up at the height of the pandemic to…
“Get a grip,” Labour tells Tories as attendance plummets for poorer pupils
Kate Green has demanded that the government “urgently get a grip” as new analysis has revealed that students…
We cannot fix social care on the cheap. Sick care workers need full pay
Britain’s care system has never experienced such intense political and public attention. We have clapped our carers and…
